I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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